New York: Speaker Stumbles

G.O.P. boss of booming Nassau County and Speaker of the New York state
assembly, was a leading aspirant to succeed Nelson Rockefeller as
Governor some day.

Of the current crop of New York Republicans, Carlino had shot up farther
and faster than anyone but Rocky himself.

But last week ambitious Joe Carlino was fighting for his political life.
Appearing before the assembly's Committee on Ethics and Guidance, he
defended himself against conflict-of-interest charges that he had had
an interest in an atom-shelter firm that stood to profit from...